Academic Freedom

After the Encampments—A Roundtable with Student Organizers on Palestine, the University and What Comes Next

For issue 318, Campus Politics—Palestine and the New University Order, MERIP editorial committee member Maya Wind organized a roundtable with six student activists representing five student collectives from Europe and the United States: Marilù with Collettivi Autorganizzati Universitari (Italy); Marie with Stop Academic Complicity Collective (France); Aesop with KCL

Maya Wind, Students from Collettivi Autorganizzati Universitari (Italy), Stop Academic Complicity Collective (France), KCL Stands for Justice (UK), UCI Rank and File (USA), Academic Opposition (Germany) • 17 min read

MERIP updates

NEW: Censorship and Surveillance at US Universities

Dear Friends and Comrades, Today we’re publishing the first piece from our forthcoming issue on campus activism and repression since October 7, 2023. In “Censorship and Surveillance at US Universities,” Torin Monahan details the expansive apparatus used by university administrations, often following federal or state political pressures, to police

James Ryan, Torin Monahan • 2 min read

Activism

'We Want to Breathe'—Dispatch from Gabes, Tunisia

A few weeks into the 2025 school year, in a middle school in Chott Essalem, Tunisia, students began to feel dizzy and light-headed and their throats tightened. Within minutes, they began collapsing, one after another. More mass asphyxiation events, as residents describe them, occurred throughout the month of September and

Dhouha Djerbi • 8 min read

The MERIP Podcast

The MERIP Podcast Episode Ten: Raouf Farrah

On the Sumud Convoy, the Gaza Flotilla, and North African Solidarity

James Ryan, Raouf Farrah • 1 min read

The MERIP Podcast

The MERIP Podcast Episode One: Mona Tajali

The first episode of the MERIP Podcast features an interview with Mona Tajali, a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law about her piece, “Women and Politics in Post-Jina Iran” which was published in our latest issue “New Gender Frontlines.” Interview

James Ryan • 1 min read

MER Article

Resisting Carceralism and Fighting for Freedom—A Roundtable

Four activists reflect on building a global anti-carceral movement.

Sahar Francis, Asim Qureshi, Kaouther Ferjani, Yara Sallam • 19 min read

MER Article

Routes to Disruption—Supply Chain Sabotage and Israel's War on Gaza

Since October 7, at least three shipments of military-grade jet fuel (JP-8) have reached Israel from the United States, powering the fighter jets and Apache helicopters that have, for more than nine months now, continued to decimate Gaza. Each shipment carried 30,000 barrels of fuel—enough to refuel a

Elia El-Khazen, Charlotte Rose • 6 min read

Current Analysis

Calling Erdogan's Bluff on Palestine

Israel's war in Gaza has animated Turkey's longstanding political rivalries.

Umar Farooq, Michael Kaplan • 11 min read

MER Article

Palestine, Popular Will and Political Repression in Britain

On November 11, 2023, the largest demonstration in support of Palestinian rights in Britain’s history took place in London. People of all genders, ages, ethnicities and religions marched together from Hyde Park to the US Embassy in Vauxhall demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. Banners and placards were colorful and

Mandy Turner • 5 min read

MER Article

The Houthis’ ‘Sovereign Solidarity’ with Palestine

Since October 7, Yemen has made an unexpected return from the margins of global attention. The Houthi movement’s seemingly ad hoc seizure of shipping vessels in the Red Sea, which began in early November in response to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, quickly became a concerted campaign to disrupt

Stacey Philbrick Yadav • 5 min read

MER Article

Palestine and the Limits of Permissible Protest in Jordan

Will recent demonstrations against the Gaza War threaten the regime?

Jillian Schwedler • 6 min read

MER Article

From the Oil Weapon to Boycott, Mobilizing in Support of Palestine in the Gulf

50 years after the 1973 oil embargo, some Gulf citizens oppose normalization with their wallets.

Samar Alwan • 5 min read